Chapter 274: Lu Xun, Wealth Enough to Rival a Nation

"Are you Xiao Yue's boyfriend?"

The green-clothed man's question left Lu Xun bewildered.

"Xiao Yue's boyfriend?"

"Where did Xiao Yue come from!"

"Could his words be Fu Yue?!"

When Lu Xun caught sight of Fu Yue, he reacted.

Since the green-clothed man is Fu Yue's father, his mention of Xiao Yue must refer to Fu Yue.

However.

What does he mean by that?

"Fu Yue's boyfriend?"

"When did Lu Xun become Fu Yue's boyfriend!!"

"Father, yes, he is my boyfriend."

Still dazed, Fu Yue suddenly walked over and took Lu Xun's hand.

While holding Lu Xun's hand, she secretly pinched him.

After being pinched by her and seeing Chu Youqing frantically giving him looks, Lu Xun finally reacted.

There's... catnip here.

"Uncle, greetings."

So he quickly composed himself, like meeting parents for the first time, and respectfully greeted the green-clothed man.

After the green-clothed man's gaze lingered on Lu Xun for a few seconds, he nodded slightly: "Not bad, a phoenix among men, worthy of Xiao Yue."

After making that comment, his figure silently vanished, as if he had never appeared.

Lu Xun:???

He was bewildered again.

What's going on?

Fu Yue and Fu Xue's father—his mannerisms are rather unique, aren't they?

He came over, took a glance, made a comment, then mysteriously disappeared.

To the side, Fu Yue released Lu Xun's hand.

"Lu Xun, this is how it happened..."

She began to explain.

After her explanation, Lu Xun finally understood the full story.

It turned out Fu Yue, to persuade her father to save him, had to claim Lu Xun was the Fu family's son-in-law.

Now that her father has arrived, Fu Yue can't outright admit she was lying before.

So she proactively took Lu Xun's hand in front of her father, planning to wait a bit and then find some excuse—like saying they broke up—to get past this.

"My father is rather eccentric, sorry for the awkwardness."

She sighed.

"Teacher Fu Yue, it's fine—you're also trying to save me; Uncle, as such a powerful one, acts as he pleases, no problem."

Lu Xun naturally didn't mind.

After this incident, he actually came to his senses.

No wonder Fu Xue harbors such animosity toward reincarnators.

In that case, the green-clothed man just now must be a reincarnator.

As reincarnators, once their past-life memories awaken, the emotions of this life are like fleeting clouds to them—they don't care at all.

Know that these reincarnators are all at the Tenth Realm or higher.

They have lived for hundreds of thousands of years; being able to reincarnate, their wills are presumably extremely steadfast.

They are people of great perseverance and great ability.

They possess formidable strength, seeking ever higher levels of power.

How could they be bound by the emotions of this life?

It is their past-life will that dominates.

Thus, after reincarnation, the green-clothed man seems to have become a different person.

This has drawn the dissatisfaction of Fu Xue and Fu Yue.

It's like a relative who grew up with you suddenly turning into another person, and you can do nothing about it.

Naturally, one would feel aversion toward similar reincarnators.

"Don't take this to heart, and don't let it affect your feelings with them; after a while, I'll resolve it myself."

Fu Yue promised.

"It's fine, Teacher."

Lu Xun said.

Fu Yue nodded, then left together with Fu Xue.

Although she concealed it well, the act of holding Lu Xun's hand just now flushed her cheeks with a faint crimson, though barely noticeable.

She had never been this intimate with a man in her life.

"Lu Xun, I almost thought you wouldn't come back."

After Fu Yue and Fu Xue left, Chu Youqing once again lunged into Lu Xun's embrace, unwilling to let go for a long time.

After holding Lu Xun like that for over ten minutes, she finally took his hand.

"Little Aunt."

Seeing Murong Wan a bit silent, Chu Youqing again took hold of Murong Wan's hand.

The three thus strolled about on South Heaven Gate.

On South Heaven Gate, cultivators kept returning from the Rainbow Bridge.

These are the ones who hadn't had a chance to return earlier.

After the Yao Xing invasion ended, Lan Xing kept accelerating in the starry sky, preparing to leave this node.

The cultivators still in the Spirit Realm all received the notice; they must return as soon as possible.

"Right, there's still dark energy on the Crimson Flame Continent."

Lu Xun suddenly thought of something.

While the Rainbow Bridge still existed, he hurriedly entered it again.

Chu Youqing insisted on coming along; after almost losing Lu Xun, she now wishes to stick to him 24/7.

As for Murong Wan, she was naturally also pulled along by Chu Youqing.

"Lu Xun, the dark energy concentration here has dropped a lot."

Crimson Flame Continent.

Lu Xun and the two women arrived again.

After several months, the changes on the Crimson Flame Continent were significant.

The biggest change was that the dark energy concentration on the Crimson Flame Continent dropped again.

Lu Xun led the two women toward the place where the ancient cultivator's cave dwelling was located.

Along the way, they occasionally still encountered starry-space alien species.

However, after a few months, the number of starry-space alien species here had dwindled greatly.

Those of various races who came to explore here have killed many of the starry-space alien species.

For the current Lu Xun, these starry-space alien species naturally pose no threat anymore.

The three reached the underground space where the ancient cultivator's cave dwelling is located quite smoothly.

This time, Lu Xun successfully brought the two women into the ancient cultivator's cave dwelling.

"Wow, such rich dark energy!"

When Lu Xun opened the gate of the ancient cultivator's cave dwelling, the dark energy inside had already condensed into substance.

"This is... dark energy crystal?"

Moreover, large amounts of dark energy crystals lay on the palace floor.

This is equivalent to the dark energy bricks compressed by the Ancient God.

"No wonder the dark energy in this Spirit Realm has dropped so much."

Murong Wan understood.

All the dark energy has been drawn here.

"Not bad."

Lu Xun collected all that dark energy.

Last time, when he left, he had set the Spirit Gathering Grand Formation to its maximum.

Thus, in just a few months, such a large amount of dark energy accumulated.

Before, the Spirit Gathering Grand Formation here actually emphasized sustainable development—that is, drawing energy not too quickly.

The transformation of the Southern Ming Separation Fire requires time.

If the dark energy supply were suddenly cut off, the transformation could be interrupted.

After Lu Xun took away the Southern Ming Separation Fire, he naturally no longer needed to be so polite.

Just let the Spirit Gathering Grand Formation go all out.

"At least there are over ten thousand cubic units."

After collecting all the dark energy, Lu Xun estimated that this haul was at least over ten thousand cubic units, possibly even more.

Over ten thousand cubic units!

If we add the dark energy bricks he obtained from the Ancient God, the dark energy in Lu Xun's hands likely amounts to several ten‑thousands of cubic units.

Tens of thousands of cubic units of dark energy—this number is extraordinarily astonishing.

Now Lu Xun can be said to be rich enough to rival a nation.

Of course, the rival is certainly not a superpower like the East, but on Lan Xing, the combined dark energy of all citizens in most countries still falls short of what Lu Xun possesses.

In fact, the dark energy Lu Xun has absorbed into his body is no less than what he holds in his hands.

During the few months of burning the God‑suppressing nail, Lu Xun absorbed a vast amount of dark energy into his body.

In his left hand, tens of thousands of chaos cells are filled with dark energy.

This amounts to a hundred thousand cubic units of dark energy.

This makes his divine left hand extraordinarily powerful—even placing it at the epicenter of a nuclear explosion would likely not destroy it.

Moreover, Lu Xun used a considerable amount of dark energy to fill the chaos cells in some of his weak spots.

For example...

Together with his Golden Muscle Divine Bone, Lu Xun will become an indestructible little cockroach.

Unfortunately, time is still a bit short; filling all his chaos cells throughout his body is still far off.

The number of chaos cells is at least several million.

As Lu Xun's strength grows, the number of chaos cells keeps increasing.

To fill them, one must wait until his strength further increases, making dark energy acquisition easier.

"It's a pity, time is still too short."

Lu Xun felt it was a pity.

A few months of time, after all, is too short; if time were a bit longer, the dark energy gathered by this great Spirit Gathering Array would be even greater.

After collecting all the dark energy, Lu Xun thought it over and decided to continue activating this Spirit Gathering Array.

As for what will happen here later, whether anyone from other ascendant spirit stars will discover it, Lu Xun does not know.

"Is the passage still there?"

In recent days, the passage returning from the Spirit Realm to Lan Xing has continued to exist.

This is for the cultivators still in the Spirit Realm to return.

Thus, Lu Xun directly returned to Lan Xing with the two women.

"Lu Xun, I'm going to cultivate."

Chu Youqing finally stopped pestering Lu Xun and ran off to cultivate.

Murong Wan's side was the same.

Their such diligence was actually just right for Lu Xun.

He wants to participate in the Heavenly Dao Battlefield, but he must formally break through to the fifth realm in both immortality and martial arts.

This matter, Lu Xun cannot rush it himself.

He can only hope that his bound partner will break through.

Murong Wan is still far from the fifth realm, Chu Youqing is actually also far, but the return of the immortal Dao could possibly let Lu Xun break through first.

However, given the current situation, even if Chu Youqing breaks through a layer these days, Lu Xun would still find it difficult to break through to the fifth realm.

So, the most hopeful is actually Fu Xue breaking through.

If she can break through, the feedback will surely be very fierce.

As for Fu Yue's side, although the favorability has met the standard, the kissing issue remains unresolved.

For now, there's no rush either.

After reaching the seventh realm, each breakthrough takes a long time.

Fu Yue will not have a major breakthrough in her cultivation in a short time.